Well, it sounds like the no-show excuses are already in from the three non-team players.
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 24 July 2014 11:34
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And that sounds like the predictable response from one or all of the team players.
It sums up the problem with the current Council.
It's not a lack if commitment.
Nor an unwillingness to put sin the time needed for town business.
It' s not a lack of conscience or even terrible enmity between Councillors.
There is the occasional jab or like last week the gang-up on Councillor Gaertner who dared to put a motion on the table for discussion.
There is no tension in Council Chamber on meeting nights.
No...the problem is not mutual hostility .......or serious disrespect.
The problem is not understanding what it takes to succeed.
A divided Council. never knows the satisfaction of overcoming all prejudices and achieving worthwhile purpose in the community.
I repeat. It's not easy . It calls for learned skills and a particular level of integrity.
If members do not comprehend and accept the complexity...it's impossible.
Each Councillor has a responsibility to put forward a particular perspective. And to fight for it. to prevail.
Out of that, because the community's interest come first, solutions must be found to everyone's near satisfaction.
It may not always happen but the effort must be made.And when it does ,satisfaction is immense.
Forming a voting block or "team" to ensure one way or another prevails is blundering ,inefficient and frustrates everyone.
It's the modern simplicity method.
Everybody knows how things should be done without ever having done it.
Nobody has to learn.
Google has all the answers .
Consultants do all the thinking
Excluding Council members not perceived as part of "the team" does not fool all of the people any of the time.
Voters most certainly expect that once elected , a council will work together.
A Council is not a team or Heaven forbid, two teams.
A team scores points ...wins or loses.... the Club increases status or loses place. In the end it's only a game.
A Council is not in competition. The objective must be to find ways to do things better ,at least cost,
to maintain and if need be improve services and to. make progress.
it doesn't happen with "teams " pulling against each other.
A Council divided is inefficient .
Bureaucracy reigns supreme.
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I am not thinking in terms of teams but of numbers and the silliness of the exercise. If one more councillor were unable to attend for whatever reason, there would be no quorum ? No ? What then ? Would the skies fall ?
We could use the former clerk here. He usually managed to control events. The new one is not likely going to have anyone to whom he can turn for advice.
I wish him luck because experience is not available for this event.
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